have been calling on president biden to take action may finally get their wish. but for some, this executive action won t go nearly far enough. we ll explain. plus, vladimir putin takes his first foreign trip since the invasion of ukraine as the russian president looks for an ally in a nation also isolated from the west. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 20th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. the secret service is now saying text messages that may have been able to corroborate some of the events of january 6th are likely gone forever. after being issued a subpoena by the house select committee investigating the attack, the agency had enough yesterday to turn over its records from january 5th and 6th of 2021 that it said had been accidentally erased. but after initially being hopeful that the data could be recovered, committee member stephanie murphy revealed otherwise on msnbc last night. we received a letter today that di
i m jake tapper. just hours away from the first 2022 hearing from the house collect committee investigating the january 6th attack. in primetime this evening, they will present findings that they say prove president donald trump was at the center of a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election. this hearing, it s not just about the mob that stormed the capitol that day. this hearing is about a months-long campaign to undermine democracy in the united states of america. a president desperate to hold on to power at any cost, even if it meant destroying the american experiment. even though a willingness to take away legal votes from american voters. this evening, we re expected to hear excerpts from taped testimony from some of trump s closest supporters, and also family members. and live testimony from a u.s. capitol police officer, who was severely injured fighting off the maga mob. also testimony from a documentary filmmaker who was embedded with the group the proud boys. membe
white house aide for trump adviser peter navarro sat for a video deposition yesterday. he is reportedly the junior aide that let sidney powell and others into the white house for a heated december 18th meeting in the executive mansion that almost came to blows which the committee detailed in the last hearing. and of course, president trump s big lie about that fueled the violence at the capitol and subject of january 6th hearing also subject of my new book the big lie traces origins, how the president hijacked the republican party and conservative media with lie after lie after lie preparing them for his false claims of election fraud and examine the events of january 6th but everything we have seen since and how that big lie still affects our politics today, how it impacted the biden white house and shaping the 2022 and 2024 elections the big lie out on tuesday, available for preorder now. switching gearing, first lady jill biden met with
then we learn the text messages were lost after they requested federal investigations and by congress and starts to look like possible obstruction of justice case. all these texts are part of records requests. records preservation requests and they don t get complied with. the select committee now is seriously considering talking to doj about and making a referral. it s a really important story line and questions raised about pro trump sympathies within the secret service. thank you, hugo. we ll talk to you again soon. this of course these revelations of course come just a day and a half before tomorrow s primetime january 6th hearing. here is what we know so far that will happen tomorrow night. the hearing will focus on a minute by minute account of what president trump was doing during the 187 minutes, three hours, of the insurrection. congressman adam kinzinger and congresswoman elaine will lead the questioning. so far, we know of at least two witnesses who will appear live. for
president certify the president sun fit, the president can contest that. but the vice president is acting president until congress acts, and congress had 21 days to act. and it could have run out the clock on the administration and we wouldn t have the problem of a mad man with control of nuclear weapons in the white house. and possibly coming back to the white house winning by hook or by crook. tonight s hearing could be revealing for people who were at the capitol when that mob arrived. i m going to ask an officer who was attacked on january 6th what he wants to hear tonight. and the pga tour takes action and suspends 17 golfers for participating in a tournament backed by saudi arabia. but do the reasons for the suspensions, do they go far enough? stay with us. with her chase first banking debit card. the drummer s making savings simplee with a tap. ...round of applause. and this drereamer, well, she s still learning how to budget, so mom keeps her alerts on full volume.